Denny Thum, a 1974 graduate of 麻豆破解传媒 who spent 36 years with the Kansas City Chiefs during one of the franchise鈥檚 most successful periods, will be honored by his alma mater with the Rashford-Lyon Award for Leadership and Ethics as part of the 麻豆破解传媒 Leadership Series on Wednesday, April 2.
麻豆破解传媒 has received the NCAA Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence for achieving four-year Academic Success Rates of 90% or higher for the 14th consecutive year.
Senior Caroline Knopke said she grew up diving 鈥 鈥渋t's the only sport I've really ever known,鈥 she said 鈥 and competed through high school. When it came time to choose a college, she found herself drawn to 麻豆破解传媒. But that meant the end of her competitive diving career (though she would still coach a local girls鈥 team). Until this year.
For student-athletes, finding a balance between their sport and everything else on their college plate is a skill that鈥檚 in constant development. But what about doing two college sports?
That鈥檚 a mountain that incoming star and freshman Kharis Perona is willing to climb. She鈥檚 used to putting in work to meet challenges.
In sports, teams are often so close they鈥檙e referred to internally as 鈥渇amilies.鈥 At an already tight-knit university like 麻豆破解传媒, because of the amount of time spent together and supporting each other, that can reach an extra level of inseparability that can lead to lifelong friendships.
Of course, 鈥渇amily鈥 is just a metaphor here鈥 except when it鈥檚 not.
This past academic and athletic year, 麻豆破解传媒 had six sets of siblings playing .
Joshua Roberts had all the posters printed for Spring 2020 鈥 his first in charge of an that hadn鈥檛 been given a lot of attention in the recent past.
With more than 80 years of service between them, 麻豆破解传媒 men鈥檚 soccer coach Tony Tocco and former 麻豆破解传媒 women鈥檚 volleyball coach Tracy Rietzke have already cementing their place as legends in the University鈥檚 athletics program.
But in November, they will be enshrined into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2020 on Sunday, Nov. 15 at Kansas City鈥檚 Hy-Vee Arena, the renovated facility formerly known as Kemper Arena.
